October reading recap

Hi friends! 

Here's a quick round down of the books I read in October. 

In truth, it was kind of a mess. I re-read old favorites when melancholy hit, DNF-ed or put on hold a few others and I had just a few stellar 5 (or close to) stars reads. 

So... Not that I didn't enjoy the books I read, but I kept getting off-track, starting books and not really getting into them, then picking something totally random on Kindle and basically ignoring the TBR/currently reading pile. And I couldn't really get into spooky reads when the weather was so... summery (I started at least 3 books). 🤷‍♀️

So I read a lot of Romance, I even listened to Elle Kennedy's backlist assassin and mercenaries series while doing chores or errands. I missed having a scary assassin main character, guns blazing and action.

Anyways.

Let's recap:

Top, top favorite (I'm still not over it), King of Wrath by Ana Huang. 

Belladonna was my favorite Fantasy and Kylie Scott's Hollywood star fake dating Romance was chef's kiss. 

Also, Strike the Zither is a really good Chinese Fantasy.

Miles and Miles of you is coming out next week and I can't wait to talk about it! So fun, you may want to pre-order asap if you enjoy the grumpy sunshine boss employee kind of story.

Oh and I'm almost halfway through Terms and Conditions, but after King of Wrath...

I can't deal with grumpy billionaires atm.

And I still don't know where I'm standing with November reading goal. I have a few ARCs that I need to get to and a couple of sequels, but other than that... We see how it goes. 

Have a great week!

Xo

August Reads Recap

 Hi lovely book friends! 

Looks like denial is not working anymore, fall is here. I tried to hold on to the end-of-summer vibe as much as I could, but after a couple of days with cold, rain and fall releases everywhere, I needed to get on with the program. 

On the bright side, fall means end of the summer wedding season, more time to read books and perfect setting for those Fantasy books I love so much! 

Before we get on the September reading list, let's take a look at the books I read in August. I just read whatever I got in the mood for, without caring about genre, release date, TBR pile, ARCs list etc. It was fun and will try this approach more often! (not in September though lol I have a lot of backlist books to get through and so many new releases.  

- Book Lovers by Emily Henry - favorite!

- Just my Type by Falon Ballard (ARC, releases on my birthday in February next year) - favorite!

*these 2 books spoke to me like no others, I related to the heroines so much its like the books were written for (about me) 

- Azagoth (Demonica Underworld #1) - Larissa Ione (audiobook re-read) - just because I missed this world and a good old Paranormal Romance

- The Reluctant Bride and The Ruthless Groom by Monica Murphy - Dark Romance, despite the lower rating and my issues with each story, they were enjoyable and memorable, I read them in one sitting

- Shipped by Angie Hockman - a nice, easy summer read, but the characters and romance not spectacular

- Things we never got over by Lucy Score - an old school grumpy sunshine Romance, adored it!

- City of Thorns (The Demon Queen Trials) by C. N. Crawford (audiobook) - surprisingly good PNR, it reminds me a lot of Larissa Ione, Kim Harrison and Nalini Singh!

- Liar's Crown - by Abigail Owen (ARC) It was ok, pretty standard enemies to lovers NA Fantasy Romance, a bit too insta love-ish, more focused on the Romance than the world building.

Have you read any of these books?

xo

~ Deea